This pair of wonderful torcheres in the French Empire style date from the 1890s to 1910s, and feature gilt candelabra with five candle arms, set upon patinated neoclassical robed figures standing on rounded bun pedestals marked "DAVID", referencing Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), the neoclassical painter and contributor to the French Empire style), and mounted on wooden pedestals with newly refinished with what appears to be mahogany and kingwood veneer, and its original bronze mounts...

This pair of nineteenth century torcheres in the Renaissance Revival style are crafted from carved polychrome wood and feature three hand-painted cartouches depicting Saint Jeremiah, Saint Florian, and an ancient Roman temple with the date 1760, and upper assemblies of six candle arms of cast metal which are believed to be bronze. Not all the writing has been deciphered...